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 ==Welcome== Hi, welcome to GTA Wiki! Thanks for your edit to the [[:User:Grand Theft AJ]] page. Please leave a message on [[User talk:Gboyers|my talk page]] if I can help with anything! -- [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] ([[User_talk:Gboyers|Talk]]) 08:15, 6 August 2009 == Edit war == Hi. I will not block you for your participation in the edit war, because you didn't post any malicious comments. You should know that if you are simply reversing another users edits 3 times, that is an edit war. If you disagree, you need to discuss it. If you can't reach an agreement (or it becomes abusive), get staff involved and STOP replying, and stop editing the page. By reversing the edit 50 times (and them doing the same), it makes it very difficult to manage and messy in the history and recent edits. Any abusive messages will not be tolerated. Also, use of the word "gay" to mean "bad" or "silly" is not permitted. Please enjoy your time on GTW, and make sure you stay out of messes like this. [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] [[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]] 00:17, November 27, 2009 (UTC) : Thanks, appreciate it, I went about it wrong at first, but I did try discussing it with him on the talk page instead. However he was a very difficult person to reason with. : sorry for the cursing. i thought since there is a **** load of cursing in gta that we would be able to. my mistake. it will never happen again Lol, Thenuke neither of us were referring to you, so don't worry. [[User:Grand Theft AJ|Grand Theft AJ]] 00:47, December 2, 2009 (UTC) :I did warn you. You have continued to [http://gta.wikia.com/index.php?title=Elizabeta_Torres&diff=prev&oldid=152185 fight] after being warned. You are suspended for two weeks. If you choose to return, it is on the condition that you do not get involved in edit wars or arguments at all. [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] [[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]] 14:45, December 5, 2009 (UTC) I can understand that. But some people just get under my skin, most of the edits I make that other people start arguments with I'm correct, and I have proof right now that can prove I'm right, especially about the Elizabeta edit argument, can I at least explain to you my proof? [[User:Grand Theft AJ|Grand Theft AJ]] 20:17, December 5, 2009 (UTC) I'll still take my 2 week suspension without any complaining, I'd just like to explain my side of the situations haha. [[User:Grand Theft AJ|Grand Theft AJ]] 20:18, December 5, 2009 (UTC) :There are two completely different ways of doing things. Either you discuss your suggestion on the talk page, explain your proof and come to an agreement; or you can shout at them, revert their edits 50 times, swear at them, call them names and get banned. The choice is yours. [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] [[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]] 21:07, December 5, 2009 (UTC) I got you. From now on, if there is a possibility of an edit war, I'll discuss it on the talk page, and if we can't come to an agreement, I'll contact an Admin for they're opinion on the situation. I guess I'll see ya in 2 weeks, thanks for hearing me out though. And no more name calling. [[User:Grand Theft AJ|Grand Theft AJ]] 21:39, December 5, 2009 (UTC) ==Claude== All Claude cared about in GTA III was revenge on catalina, but maybe he did like Maria, who knows? but still it's implied that he killed her. : No, because if Claude only cared about revenge, he wouldn't have brought the 500 thousand for Maria's safe return. It was only when Catalina betrayed him again, did he want to kill Catalina. So he wouldn't have killed Maria at the end. [[User:Grand Theft AJ|Grand Theft AJ]] 05:04, December 31, 2009 (UTC) :Yeah but even if its true, it still implies that he killed her, you got to at least admit that [[User:Qwerty4965324|Qwerty4965324]] 08:51, December 31, 2009 (UTC) ...That doesn't make any sense... "but even if its true, it still implies that he killed her," ... no it doesn't. I'm not trying to argue, I'm just letting you know, it's ''implying''that it was a warning shot. Or else all Claude did would have been for nothing, and besides the death of Catalina, pointless. [[User:Grand Theft AJ|Grand Theft AJ]] 23:23, December 31, 2009 (UTC) == Move Page == Only [[Staff]] can move pages. You can simply place [[Template:Move]] at the top to request a move, and then ask a member of staff to do it. You should not make a new page and copy the content, because that doesn't preserve the history of the page (who wrote what), which we need to do for licensing reasons. I've deleted the 2nd page and moved the original to the new name. [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] [[User_talk:Gboyers|talk]] 18:10, February 4, 2010 (UTC) :Oh alright my mistake, I know how to handle that in the future now. [[User:Grand Theft AJ|Grand Theft AJ]] 22:18, February 4, 2010 (UTC) ==GTW== Don't forget to join us at our new [http://www.grandtheftwiki.com website]. [[User:A-Dust|A-Dust]] 00:14, October 11, 2010 (UTC) == glad your sticking around here == keep up the good work --[[User:Owen1983|Owen1983]] 05:03, October 23, 2010 (UTC) Return to User talk:Grand Theft AJ. Retrieved from "https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/User_talk:Grand_Theft_AJ" Edit summary Preview Mobile Desktop Show changes


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Ke$ha Is Majorly Patriotic In 'V' Magazine
It's only May, but Ke$ha has already got her Fourth Of July outfit picked out. The "2012 (You Must Be Upgraded)" songstress sports an American flag across her face and her body (complete with her mega-teased Skrillex 'do) for the Summer 2012 issue of V magazine. While it's wonderful that K-Dollah feels the need to wear Stars And Stripes on her mug, the result comes off a bit like a patriotic Juggalo. Not that the pop star is one to mind for people's opinions, she explained to the mag:
If anyone tries to tell you that you can't do what you want to, I think you should give them the finger and do it anyway.
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Third Eye Comics of Annapolis, MD, Cards, Comics & Collectibles of Reisterstown, MD, Laughing Ogre Comics of Lansdowne, VA, and Comics & Gaming of Gainesville, VA, have all come together to support a charity convention being held this Saturday in La Plata, MD.
The ANS Sci-Fi & Comic Con, which will be held on May 11, 2013, was founded in 2012 to benefit the Archbishop Neale School (ANS) in La Plata. The mission of the show is to create a fun and memorable event for fans and collectors of all ages that supports the educational and spiritual goals of ANS.
In its second year, the show will be expanding to feature more than 80 tables with more than 30 different vendors, as well as 13 artists from as far away as New York City, including Frank Cho, the creator, artist and writer of Liberty Meadows and the artist and writer of Marvel Comics' new Savage Wolverine comic, who is being sponsored by Cards, Comics & Collectibles. In addition, Jerry & Penelope Gaylord and Brian Turner, artists on Boom! Studios' Fanboys vs. Zombies, NFL Rush Zone, and Adventure Time, will be appearing courtesy of Third Eye Comics.
"We love seeing new conventions pop up, and the ANS Sci-Fi & Comic-Con in La Plata, MD is one of the most promising new shows we're doing in 2013," said Steve Anderson, owner of Third Eye Comics. "With superstar Frank Cho, and a retailer's room of the best vendors the area has to offer, we know this is going to be the first of many awesome shows we do with ANS."
"I knew of this show last year but was unable to go," said Marc Nathan, owner of Cards, Comics & Collectibles and show promoter of the Baltimore Comic-Con. "Lots of my closest dealer friends had great things to say about the show and the cause. This year, we are coming full force with lots of product and we are all really excited."
In addition to the vendors and artists, the show will also feature screenings of some rare and unusual films and a sneak-peak of the new documentary Plastic Galaxy – The Story of Star Wars Toys, with a special Q&A session with director Brian Stillman, as well as a game demo of the Conquest Tactics CCG by developer Andy Niggles. Additional programming includes: panels and presentations, silent auctions, door prizes, great food, and the 501st Legion!
"I am really looking forward to this event," said Gary Dills, Owner of Laughing Ogre Comics. "Any time you can put great people together with a great cause, everyone wins. I am happy to be involved with such an endeavor!"
"We're looking forward to a great show with an even better cause," said Tim Chillemi of Comics & Gaming.
The Archbishop Neale School is located at 104 Port Tobacco Road, La Plata MD, 20646. Convention hours are from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, and admission is $5 for adults and children over 10 (children 10 and under are free). All proceeds from admissions, vendors fees, and silent auctions directly benefit Archbishop Neale School.
For more information and to register, check out the ANS Sci-Fi & Comic Con's Facebook page or visit the show's website at www.anscomiccon.com.


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Mark McCafferty became the chief executive of the Premier Rugby Association in 2005.
Premier Rugby is the body that governs the 12 Guinness premiership clubs, and as such is at the very core of rugby in England.
Recent divides in the "club v country" debate have only served to emphasise the sway that the group has in the professional game, with the recent world record attendance for club games at Twickenham also highlighting their importance.
McCafferty succeeded Howard Thomas in 2005, having previously enjoyed success in the consumer sector. After spending the early part of his career with Midland Bank he spent eleven years with the Thomas Cook group.
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We are in a time of increased tensions, uncertainties and changes in the Catholic Church . Particularly troubling is the loss of moral authority resulting from the continuing sexual abuse crisis and evidence of institutional coverup. The purpose of this site is to examine what is happening by linking to worldwide news stories, particularly from the English speaking church and the new breath of fresh air blowing through the church with the pontificate of Pope Francis. Romans 8:38
Friday, May 9, 2014
Morality clause for Oakland Catholic schoolteachers wrong, parents say
Doug Oakley San Jose Mercury News May 9, 2014 A new faith and morals clause for Catholic schoolteachers in the Diocese of Oakland implies that teachers who are gay, have sex outside marriage or use birth control could be fired, and that is wrong, according to some angry parents and Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner. New language in the contract for teachers at 54 Catholic schools in the East Bay says teachers in their professional and personal lives are expected to "model and promote behavior in conformity with the teaching of the Roman Catholic faith in matters of faith and morals." As with last year's contact, the new one says teachers can be fired for "failure to teach in accordance with the doctrine and moral teachings of the Catholic Church." Skinner, whose district includes Oakland and parts of the East Bay, held a news conference Friday with two parents whose children go to Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland to denounce the new contract language. Skinner, D-Berkeley, did not bring along any teachers. Denise Pinkston has a daughter who is a freshman at O'Dowd. "The bishop and Diocese of Oakland no longer welcome teachers who don't fit their definition of morality," Pinkston said. "We need to rise up and say, 'This is wrong.'" In a March 15 letter to Catholic school teachers, Bishop Michael Barber said bishops statewide had been discussing Catholic identity in schools and the new language in a "philosophies and duties" section was designed to "spell out what we are about." But Skinner, a Catholic whose goddaughter attends O'Dowd, said the new pope is embracing a "wider inclusion" and that Barber needs to "put a stop to these Inquisition-style tactics now." Skinner said the clause could be interpreted to mean that gay teachers are not allowed. "It puts teachers in a terrible jeopardy," Skinner said. "There are very likely some gay teachers in these schools, so if they sign the contract and they are found out to be gay, they could be fired. They will be forced to live a lie, and what does that say to their students?" When asked why she is questioning the philosophy of the Catholic Church, Skinner answered: "Because it is intolerant and seems completely contrary to the message of Pope Francis, who is giving a message of acceptance." Mike Brown, spokesman for the diocese, acknowledged that the language in the contract is broad. But he said Skinner, as well as the parents, teachers and administrators at O'Dowd who have aired their dislike for the contract have it all wrong. "This is not a witch hunt or a laundry list of personal behaviors that the diocese wishes to scrutinize in one's private life," Brown said. "The contract is saying, 'If it doesn't bring discredit to the school, go about your life.' Don't expect the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Oakland to intervene in your private life. It is not an attempt to categorize individuals; there is no litmus test, nor has there been in previous contracts." Brown said most of the uproar about the contract is coming "from a small community at O'Dowd that is being activated, and that's why we are going out and talking to them." He said representatives from the diocese already met with the president of O'Dowd and a couple of board members. "What came out of it was an offer to talk more with interest groups, and the bishop will make it if he has time," Brown said. May 1 was the guideline for teachers to sign the contract, but Brown said it was up to the principal at each school to decide when they must be signed. Brother Robert Wickman, principal of De La Salle High in Concord, said no teachers at the school have expressed concerns about the new contract language. "The bishop is trying to reaffirm the relationship between employment in Catholic schools and the Catholic identity of those schools," he said. "That's certainly something in my experience that most Catholic schools communicate in policies and employee handbooks." The school sent the bishop's letter to its staff April 24 and Wickman said it has not adversely affected its offer of employment process for next year. "We have people leave the school every year," he said. "A bunch of people are relocating, but I know there's no relationship with this." Maggie Cooke, who has two children who attend Bishop O'Dowd, said she heard about the contract language from her kids as they were riding in the car. "In the grand scheme of things, this is not the Crusades, but in our immediate community, it could have a snowballing effect," Cooke said. "It's denying the diversity in our lives that should be celebrated. For a teacher to come in and teach and not be expected to be themselves is wrong."
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(CNN) -- Both people who died of swine flu in the United States had pre-existing health problems, federal health authorities said Thursday in a report.
A student uses disinfectant as she arrives Thursday at the National Technical Institute in Mexico City.
The 22-month-old child who died April 27 of the flu, also called H1N1, had neonatal myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease, said the report, which was written by a virus investigation team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published online in the New England Journal of Medicine. The child -- who was from Mexico and who fell ill while visiting relatives in Texas -- also had a heart defect, problems swallowing and chronic hypoxia, the report said.
The 33-year-old Texas woman who died last week was pregnant when she became ill, the article said. She had been diagnosed with asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
The details came in a summary of the 642 confirmed cases of H1N1 infection that were diagnosed between April 15 and May 5 in 41 states among patients ranging in age from 3 months to 81 years.
Sixty percent were 18 years or younger and 18 percent had recently traveled to Mexico, the report said.
It said that 36 of the 399 patients with confirmed H1N1 infection whose hospitalization status was known had been hospitalized.
Of the 22 hospitalized patients for whom data were available, four were younger than 5.
Nine had chronic medical conditions, some of which included Down Syndrome and congenital heart disease.
Seven patients said they had traveled to Mexico during the week before onset of illness.
Eleven of those 22 hospitalized patients had pneumonia and eight patients were treated in an intensive care unit. Four were placed on ventilators.
As of Tuesday, 18 of the 22 patients who had been hospitalized had recovered, it said.
In a conference call with reporters, CDC's Dr. Carolyn Bridges said epidemiologists would be scrutinizing the disease's spread in South America, where the cool season is set to begin.
Flu virus "prefers lower humidity and lower temperatures for transmission," she said. "We'll be looking closely to the Southern Hemisphere during their winter to see what happens. That may give us some clues as to what to expect."
Brazil's health minister told reporters Thursday that four cases of H1N1 infection have been confirmed in Brazil.
Three have been hospitalized and one is at home, said Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporao. One case is in Rio de Janeiro, two are in Sao Paolo and the fourth was in Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. Two of the patients had recently been in Mexico City; the other two had recently been in Florida, he said.
Another 21 cases are suspected in Brazil, he said.
In Buenos Aires, Health Minister Graciela Ocana confirmed Argentina's first H1N1 case -- a man who arrived April 25 from Mexico. The man was hospitalized in the capital and released after he recovered, Ocana said.
The ultimate course of the disease remains unclear, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who is involved in the effort to create a vaccine.
"We may be seeing the tip of the iceberg," he told CNN. "We can't make any definitive projections about where this is going. It appears to be acting like a typical seasonal flu, only it's out of season. We shouldn't be seeing this much influenza and it's with a new virus and that's the cause fo the concern."
Asked when a vaccine might be available, he said, "We hope to get doses by mid- to late fall."
Journalist Fabiana Frayssinet in Rio de Janeiro and Brian Byrnes in Buenos Aires contributed to this story.


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A rural Hudson man faces 18 felony charges in relation to thefts from vehicles and buildings in Morenci.
Brandon James Uphold, 18, of Lime Creek Road, Hudson, was arrested Monday after confessing to several crimes. A second suspect—a 19-year-old Waldron man—will be charged after Uphold is adjudicated, said Morenci Chief of Police Larry Weeks.
In January, tools were stolen from the Morenci bus garage. Thieves again entered the building in late March and stole additional items.
During an interview with a Morenci police officer, Uphold said that he and an accomplice stole items from several vehicles, mostly on the south side of Morenci. Tools were also stolen that night from a barn on private property.
In addition to tools, stolen goods included a laptop computer and CDs.
After recovering stolen property at a residence near Hudson, the Michigan State Police contacted the Morenci department April 25 with a lead in the robberies.
Others are involved in a crime ring, Weeks said, but apparently only Uphold and the other suspect operated in Morenci.
Uphold was charged with 12 felony counts of aiding and abetting larceny from a vehicle or aiding and abetting attempted larceny from a vehicle; three felony counts of breaking and entering; three felony counts of larceny in a building; and three misdemeanor counts of larceny from a vehicle.
He faces additional charges from the Michigan State Police, whose investigation continues.
Many stolen items were returned to their owners, Weeks said, although only a small portion of the Morenci property was recovered. One person in the theft ring was active in moving the stolen property for sale.


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This is Chet Helck's first appearance on the IA 25. Click here to view the complete list and Special Report schedule for extended profiles for each of the 2013 IA 25 honorees.
When we began our interview, Chet Helck pointed out that he started in the financial industry as a customer. In his first career, with John Deere, he accumulated enough company stock to see he needed professional advice when a competitor failed and he watched colleagues at that firm "get wiped out" when those stocks plummeted. With an advisor's help, he was able to diversify his own portfolio so he wasn't overweighted to company stock.
"In the course of getting to know the advisor and learning more, going to seminars and getting some experience with investing, over time he started to try to recruit me into the industry, and eventually I saw the benefit of that and started as a financial advisor," Helck said.
That's a humble beginning for the CEO of Raymond James Global Private Client Group who, as of October, is also the chairman of SIFMA, the trade organization representing securities firms, banks and asset managers.
The biggest challenge for advisors over the next year is simply dealing with the uncertainty in the markets and in consumers' minds, according to Helck.
"People are still somewhat in shock from the business cycle we've just been through with the Great Recession, the failure of major financial institutions, the decline in market values," he said. "Even though the market's come back, flirting into all-time record levels—the first time we hit these levels was well over a decade ago–we've been through a long period of time where people have not seen a lot of positive market momentum that's helped them accumulate the kind of returns they've hoped for."
On top of that, Helck said, "we're facing an environment with huge fiscal issues in the economy: still relatively high unemployment, sequestration, a huge deficit, possible tax increases. All sorts of challenges create a wall of worry that people are concerned about."
Further compounding the problem is that with the baby boomers, record numbers of investors are retiring. "With the traditional form of retirement planning, which involves moving out of equity investments into fixed income investments, where the yields are so incredibly low that you can't meet income requirements, it's hard to get clients to have confidence in doing anything and certainly in being able to accomplish objectives without taking undue risk."
To mitigate those challenges, the most successful advisors have become so by working "with clients early to try to accumulate enough principal where generating sufficient income is more doable," Helck said. "Where they have not had the ability to do that, where it's already retirement time and you've accumulated all you can and you now have to live with what you've accumulated, the strategies to create income have gotten to be far more sophisticated."
That increased sophistication requires assistance from a financial advisor, Helck said, but also makes the job of the financial advisor far more challenging. "Rather than just generating interest in dividend income, it requires more elaborate strategies where you accumulate and then start liquidation of certain parts of the portfolio, preserving enough to meet short-term cash needs."
Helck noted that some clients and advisors may be trying to approach the income problem by taking too much risk, typically in fixed income. "By overweighting fixed income, by going too long in duration at a time when rates are very low, or by dipping down too low in the credit quality realm to try to generate extra yield when indeed it's not suitable for the client: That's what we have to guard against and talk clients out of doing."
Despite some encouraging signs in the market, Helck hasn't seen clients in a rush to get back in. "There's still such a huge amount of cash and cash-equivalent, and short-term fixed income kinds of dollars available, that it doesn't indicate that clients are too aggressive." However, he noted, they may be getting too aggressive in their search for yield by "going too far out on the duration curve and dipping too low in credit quality."
At SIFMA, Helck is looking closely at the way the industry is perceived by investors. "My most important goal for this year is to take on the issue of public trust and confidence," he said. "Trust and confidence in our institutions, in our markets, in our products and in our leadership has reached down to a level where it's critical that we address it in order to restore that trust. The markets can't function in a healthy manner, the economy won't regain momentum, employment won't reach its target levels, and we won't see economic growth until we have confidence in the future."


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Tony the Tiger is a beast of compassion.
Culture Schlock has just learned, directly from the source (a nod to old-fashioned journalism), that Miss Michigan Nicole Blaszczyk is NOT in trouble for her snafu the other night confusing her state's Kellogg's cereal with Minnesota's General Mills.
Here is an official statement from Kellogg Company spokeswoman Kris Charles on this biting issue:
"As a company founded in Michigan in 1906, we are proud of Miss Michigan. We are understanding of her momentary confusion during the Miss America pageant. We wish her continued success and hope she regularly enjoys Kellogg's brands such as Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies and Frosted Mini-Wheats."
Charles also tells me that Miss Michigan will be receiving a gift basket filled with Kellogg's products. With the pageant over, there now should be more opportunities to eat Pop-Tarts!
For the record, the General Mills Wheaties people did not respond to our earnest inquiry.
Taking a page from Kellogg's, we forgive them.
Also check out:
BACKSTABBING BEAUTIES: "Miss America contestants now slam home states for cheap laughs"
GEOGRAPHY DISASTER: "Enough already, leave Miss Teen South Carolina alone!"
CROWN YOURSELF AS MISS AMERICA — A fun photo upload graphic courtesy of the TLC network.
MISS AMERICA CONTESTANTS SALUTE TACKY TOURIST PHOTOS — Miss Maryland calls the project "a great idea!"


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MGT514: Security Strategic Planning, Policy, and Leadership
Mon, March 2 - Fri, March 6, 2020
Associated Certification: GIAC Strategic Planning, Policy, and Leadership (GSTRT)
Course Syllabus · 30 CPEs · Laptop Not Needed
Instructor: Mark Williams
As security professionals we have seen the landscape change. Cybersecurity is now more vital and relevant to the growth of your organization than ever before. As a result, information security teams have more visibility, more budget, and more opportunity. However, with this increased responsibility comes more scrutiny.
This course gives you tools to become a security business leader who can build and execute strategic plans that resonate with other business executives, create effective information security policy, and develop management and leadership skills to better lead, inspire, and motivate your teams.
Develop Strategic Plans
Strategic planning is hard for IT and IT security professionals because we spend so much time responding and reacting. We almost never do strategic planning until we get promoted to a senior position, and then we are not equipped with the skills we need to run with the pack. MGT514 will teach you how to develop strategic plans that resonate with other IT and business leaders.
Create Effective Information Security Policy
Policy is a manager's opportunity to express expectations for the workforce, set the boundaries of acceptable behavior, and empower people to do what they ought to be doing. It is easy to get wrong. Have you ever seen a policy and responded by saying "No way, I am not going to do that"? Most of us have. Policy must be aligned with an organization's culture. In MGT514, we break down the steps to policy development so that you have the ability to design and assess policies that can successfully guide your organization.
Develop Management and Leadership Skills
Leadership is a skill that must be learned, exercised, and developed to better ensure organizational success. Strong leadership is brought about primarily through selfless devotion to the organization and staff, tireless effort in setting the example, and having the vision to see and effectively use available resources toward the end goal.
Effective leadership entails persuading team members to accomplish their objectives, removing the obstacles preventing them from doing it, and maintaining the well-being of the team in support of the organization's mission. MGT514 will teach you to use management tools and frameworks to better lead, inspire, and motivate your teams.
How the Course Works
MGT514 uses case studies from Harvard Business School, case scenarios, team-based exercises, and discussions that put students in real-world situations. You will be able to use these same activities with your own team members at work.
The next generation of security leadership must bridge the gap between security staff and senior leadership by strategically planning how to build and run effective security programs. After taking this course you will have the fundamental skills to create strategic plans that protect your company, enable key innovations, and facilitate working effectively with your business partners.
Course Syllabus
MGT514.1: Strategic Planning Foundations
Mark Williams
Mon Mar 2nd, 2020
Creating security-strategic plans requires a fundamental understanding of the business, and a deep understanding of the threat landscape.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Vision and Mission Statements
- What they tell you about the organization
- Developing a security team mission statement that aligns with organizational goals
- Stakeholder Management
- Learn to identify, understand, and manage stakeholders in order to make the security team more successful
- PEST Analysis
- Identify market forces that drive the business in order to better understand business goals
- Porter's Five Forces
- Understand how business leaders develop strategy
- Apply this analysis to security vendors so you can make more informed purchase decisions
- Threat Actors
- Understand attacker motivations and techniques
- Review real-word attack scenarios
- Asset Analysis
- Understand assets that are most valuable to the business and are of interest to attackers
- Threat Analysis
- Learn how the intrusion kill chain and threat intelligence can inform strategic planning
MGT514.2: Strategic Roadmap Development
Mark Williams
Tue Mar 3rd, 2020
With a firm understanding of the drivers of business and the threats facing the organization, you will develop a plan to analyze the current situation, identify the target state, perform gap analysis, and develop a prioritized roadmap. In other words, you will be able to determine (1) what you do today (2) what you should be doing in the future (3) what you don't want to do, and (4) what you should do first. Once this plan is in place, you will learn how to build and execute it by developing a business case, defining metrics for success, and effectively marketing your security program.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Historical Analysis
- Analyze the past in order to understand the probable future
- Values and Culture
- Understand the values and culture of your organization in order to align security with the corporate culture and define acceptable working norms
- SWOT Analysis
- Understand current Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
- Vision and Innovation
- Sustaining versus disruptive innovation
- Jobs To Be Done Theory
- Learning to innovate with the business
- How to provide value to stakeholders
- Security Framework
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- Measuring maturity
- Gap Analysis
- Identifying what needs to be done
- Roadmap Development
- Identifying what should be done first
- Business Case Development
- Approaches to obtaining funding
- Metrics and Dashboards
- Developing effective metrics
- Marketing and Executive Communications
- Promoting the work of the security team
MGT514.3: Security Policy Development and Assessment
Mark Williams
Wed Mar 4th, 2020
Policy is one of the key tools that security leaders have to influence and guide the organization. Security managers must understand how to review, write, assess, and support security policy and procedures. Using an instructional delivery methodology that balances lecture, exercises, and in-class discussion, this course section will teach the techniques to create successful policy that employees will read and follow, and that will be accepted by business units.
Students will learn key elements of policy, including positive and negative tone, consistency of policy bullets, how to balance the level of specificity to the problem at hand, the role of policy, awareness and training, and the SMART approach to policy development and assessment.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Purpose of Policy
- Role of policy
- Establishing acceptable bounds for behavior
- Empowering employees to do the right thing
- How policy protects people, organizations, and information
- Relationship of mission statement to policy
- Policy Gap Analysis
- Policy versus procedure
- Policy needs assessment
- Policy Development
- Governing policy
- Issue-specific policy
- Positive and negative tone
- Policy Review
- Using the SMART approach
- Policy review and assessment process
- Awareness and Training
- Role of psychology in implementing policy
- Organizational culture
MGT514.4: Leadership and Management Competencies
Mark Williams
Thu Mar 5th, 2020
This course section will teach the critical skills you need to lead, motivate, and inspire your teams to achieve your organization's goals. By establishing a minimum standard for the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to develop leadership, you will understand how to motivate employees, and how to develop from a manager into a leader.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Leadership Building Blocks
- Creating and Developing Teams
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Customer Service Focus
- Conflict Resolution
- Effective Communication
- Leading through Change
- Relationship Building
- Motivation and Self-direction
- Teamwork
- Leadership Development
MGT514.5: Strategic Planning Workshop
Mark Williams
Fri Mar 6th, 2020
Using case studies, students will work through real-world scenarios by applying the skills and knowledge learned throughout the course. The case studies are taken directly from Harvard Business School, which pioneered the case study method. The case studies focus specifically on information security management and leadership competencies.
The Strategic Planning Workshop serves as a capstone exercise for the course, enabling students to synthesize and apply concepts, management tools, and methodologies learned in class.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Case study topics include:
- Creating a Security Plan for the CEO
- Understanding Business Priorities
- Enabling Business Innovation
- Working with BYODs
- Effective Communication
- Stakeholder Management
Additional Information
Lab Requirements
Laptop Not Required
A laptop is not required for this course. Pencil and paper are sufficient for the in-class exercises and discussions.
If you have additional questions about the laptop specifications, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Who Should Attend
- CISOs
- Information Security Officers
- Security Directors
- Security Managers
- Aspiring Security Leaders
- Other Security Personnel Who Have Team Lead or Management Responsibilities
- A strong desire to grow as a leader
- A strong desire to develop strategic plans that resonate with IT and other business leaders
- Willingness to participate in group exercises and team discussions
What You Will Receive
In this course, you will receive the following:
- MP3 audio files of the complete course lecture
You Will Be Able To
- Develop security strategic plans that incorporate business and organizational drivers
- Develop and assess information security policy
- Use management and leadership techniques to motivate and inspire your teams
Press & Reviews
"I have been in I.T. 25 years. This is what I should have began with!" - Brian Bounds - Tx Biomedical
"I moved into management a few years ago and am currently working on a new security strategy/roadmap and this class just condensed the past two months of my life into a one week course and I still learned a lot!" - Travis Evans, SiriusXM
Author Statement
This is the course I wish I had taken when I first started my career. You don't have to wait until you are in a management position to focus on your strategic planning, management, and leadership skills. Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you thought, "Something I'm doing isn't working"? This course will set you on the path. It's commonly stated that to succeed as a modern security leader you need to understand and align with the business to support the organization's mission. But what does that actually mean in practice. Instead of trying to get there on your own join us to learn practical tools and lessons that have worked for countless other leaders, security officers, and CISOs.
- Frank Kim


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South African Journal of Science
On-line version ISSN 1996-7489
Print version ISSN 0038-2353
S. Afr. j. sci. vol.104 n.9-10 Pretoria Sep./Oct. 2008
The role of frictional stress on the generation of misfit dislocations
William A. Jesser*
Department of Physics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
The concept of misfit strain driving dislocations to an interface between two different phases leads to a residual strain that is not accommodated by the misfit dislocations. The residual strain occurs when the misfit stress is reduced to a value insufficient to generate further misfit-accommodating dislocations at the interface. This idea has been applied to epitaxial films to account for the relaxation of strain with increasing film thickness. It is here extended to the case of endotaxial interfaces between a solid matrix and precipitate. This paper builds upon work of Nabarro published in 1940 and the frictional stress to be overcome to move dislocations into the interface.
In this article, two early ideas of F.R.N. Nabarro are combined to introduce a new view of strain relaxation in endotaxial phases. The first idea was one of Nabarro's earliest contributions, a calculation of the strain energy of a misfitting sphere.13 The second idea, a later contribution of Nabarro's, was a calculation of the Peierls stress4 on a dislocation, later to be known as the PeierlsNabarro stress.5 By minimizing the sum of the strain energy of a misfitting sphere and its interfacial energy between matrix and inclusion, one may calculate an equilibrium configuration of the system which includes misfit dislocations at the interface to accommodate the misfit and relax the strain energy. The focus of this article is on the energy barriers that inhibit achieving the equilibrium configuration as a general consideration and the role of the PeierlsNabarro frictional stress in particular.
There are several mechanisms by which strain relaxation in the inclusion may occur. Weatherly has shown that prismatic dislocation loops may be 'punched out' to relax the strain when the misfit between sphere and matrix is above about 5%.6 If the inclusion forms at elevated temperatures, it was recognized that in order to reduce the natural misfit, point defects may collect at the interface, thereby enlarging or reducing the cavity in which the inclusion forms.7,8 In the present paper, the concept of Matthews and co-workers911 developed for epitaxial films will be applied to endotaxial inclusions. Matthews showed that threading dislocations move into the interface under misfit stresses to become misfit-accommodating interfacial dislocations, which also relax the film stress. The same concept applies to endotaxial inclusions when pre-existing dislocations are attracted to the interface to relax the misfit. While this concept has been presented before,8,12 what is new is introducing the role of a frictional stress in the mechanism of misfit dislocation generation to show that equilibrium may be inhibited when the driving, misfit stress drops to the level of the frictional stress. The introduction of a frictional stress that inhibits the motion of pre-existing dislocations has been applied to thin films1318 to show that a residual strain exists even for very thick epitaxial overgrowths. In this paper, this notion will be applied to endotaxial inclusions to show the same effect as for thin films, namely, the achievement of full stress relaxation can be inhibited and a residual stress and strain remain even in large inclusions.
Several mechanisms for inhibiting the complete relaxation of stress in inclusions will be presented. First, the strain energy of the inclusion and the interfacial energy of the inclusion/matrix interface will be developed from the theories of Nabarro13 and van der Merwe,1921 including the contribution from chemical bonding.22 For purposes of illustration of the principles involved, the simplicity of a spherical inclusion of an f.c.c. crystal of one atomic volume in an f.c.c. matrix having a different atomic volume from that of the inclusion will be assumed. From these beginnings, the equilibrium state that minimizes the sum of strain energy and interfacial energy will be shown as a function of size of the inclusion, and then the lack of achieving the equilibrium state as a result of energy barriers will be presented.
Equilibrium energy considerations
The equilibrium state is derived by minimizing the sum E of the interfacial energy Ei and elastic strain energy Es of inclusion plus matrix. Assuming the elastic constants of the matrix and inclusion are equal and denoting the shear modulus as G, Poisson's ratio as ν, the magnitude of the Burgers vector of the misfit dislocations as b, and the unstrained radius of the spherical inclusion as r, one may write12
and the misfit fo in terms of the difference between nearest-neighbour distances a of inclusion and matrix given as
Here the subscript o denotes an unstrained value. The first term in brackets, 1/10, is an estimate of the bonding energy between inclusion and matrix and is taken as independent of small strains.22 Following Nabarro's strain energy calculations13 for the strain energy of a spherical inclusion of unstrained radius (1 + δo)r derived by transforming a spherical volume of matrix of unstrained radius r, one writes the total strain energy of distorted matrix and dilated (δo < 0) or compressed (δo > 0) inclusion as
The unstrained radius of the cavity in the matrix is r, but when the inclusion of unstrained radius (1 + δo)r is fitted into this cavity, the strained cavity radius and strained inclusion radius both become (1 + ε)r. This corresponds to a hydrostatic strain in the spherical inclusion of δ ε for small strains. The matrix is dilated by a strain e which decreases with radial distance from the interface of the inclusion. Nabarro showed that
where K is the bulk modulus of the inclusion. In Nabarro's calculations, the inclusion and matrix are bonded across the interface, so that there is rigid atom to atom correspondence, that is, the interface is coherent and Ei = 2Gbπr2/5. However, the calculations of elastic strain energy would hold equally well for a non-coherent interface. The situation of a non-coherent interface can be modelled by introducing as variables the misfits f and d that depend on the degree of relaxation of interfacial coherency. These variable misfit parameters are related to one another by
where the energy expressions (1) and (4) describe the relaxed situation when fo and δo are replaced by f and δ, respectively. The use of Equation (6) allows one to write the energy sum E = Ei + Es in terms of one misfit variable, either f or δ, as shown in Fig. 1, which shows schematically how E varies with interfacial misfit f. The coherent interface corresponds to f = 0 (δ = δo) and the completely relaxed inclusion (non-coherent interface) to f = δo (δ = 0). A completely relaxed inclusion is one that resides in an unstrained matrix cavity that has the same size as the unstrained inclusion; e.g. in the case of an oversized inclusion (δo > 0), vacancies can migrate from the matrix to the interface to enlarge the cavity.7,8
There exists a critical radius rc below which the equilibrium state is a coherent interface, so Fig. 1 is drawn for the case r > rc. As r increases, the equilibrium misfit at the interface feq increases and the corresponding inclusion misfit δeq decreases in magnitude. The equilibrium state which minimizes the energy sum E is represented in Fig. 2, which shows schematically the value of the equilibrium misfit δeq of the inclusion as a function of its size r. Analytically, the equations that describe the behaviour shown in Fig. 2 are available in the literature.12 The expression for rc is approximated by equating the interfacial energy Ei [Equation (1)] evaluated at δ = 0 (i.e. f = δ) to the misfit strain energy Es [Equation (4)] evaluated at δ = δo to yield
δeq satisfies ∂E/∂δ = 0
and is given by
Mechanisms of stress relaxation
There are a number of ways a misfitting inclusion can relax the stress. The first one, already mentioned, is by accumulation at the interface of vacancies or interstitials for δ positive or negative, respectively.7,8 The cavity in the matrix is thus enlarged or reduced to relax the elastic strain energy but correspondingly there is an increase in the interfacial energy when coherency is lost. The interface loses coherency through the accumulation of geometrically necessary interfacial dislocations that form spontaneously when the matrix cavity changes its size. Figure 2 shows the equilibrium misfit that should be achieved in this way and one can see that only for large inclusions will this mechanism lead to negligible misfit at equilibrium. There is, however, a practical complication associated with this mechanism. Essentially, complete relaxation of the misfit, δeq = 0, is impractical because one expects point defect migration to the interface to be effective only at elevated temperatures. If the equilibrium misfit is reduced essentially to zero at the elevated temperature, then when the temperature is returned to room temperature a stress and misfit develop as a result of differential thermal contraction and the inclusion is left with a small residual misfit.
A second mechanism, prismatic dislocation loop punching, leads to a dislocation loop punched out into the matrix and a companion loop of opposite Burgers vector left at the interface. This loop pair relaxes the inclusion strain energy and increases the misfit dislocation density at the interface. While it should follow the energy minimization depicted in Fig. 2, more importantly it is only effective at high misfits where δ ~ 0.05.6
Once the misfit drops below this critical value for dislocation loop punching, the mechanism ceases to operate, leaving a residual misfit that is perhaps the largest of all the possible mechanisms for stress relaxation of the inclusion.
The final mechanism to be considered here is that of attracting pre-existing dislocations to the interface through glide and climb. The climb mechanism is just a modification in detail of the point defect accumulation mechanism discussed first. One can add here that there exists an energy barrier to point defects being absorbed by the dislocation23 and hence this barrier will result in a residual stress. The glide of dislocations to the interface to relax the strain energy at the expense of increasing the interfacial energy is subject to the geometrical requirement for misfit accommodation given by the relation
where be is the misfit-accommodating component of the Burgers vector b and is given by that projection of the interfacial normal n which is in the interface and normal to the dislocation line y. This relation shows that if a small dislocation loop were to exist at the interface with a Burgers vector such that one part of it is attracted to the interface to accommodate misfit, then the diametrically opposite part of the dislocation loop would be repelled from the interface as it would increase the misfit locally. This occurs because y changes sign on the opposite side of the loop and hence so does be. When the loop is near the equator of the inclusion, n and y both change sign across a diameter and be does not change sign. The result of this misfit accommodation by the component be can lead to the attraction of part of the pre-existing dislocation but repulsion of another part of the dislocation. Weatherly and Nicholson have observed the glide of dislocations to the inclusion interface to relieve misfit.24 Consequently, one can find a disorganized array of dislocations in the vicinity of an inclusion with the attracted part of the dislocation lying in the interface but the repelled line length of the same dislocation lying away from the interface. The attraction of dislocations to the interface by glide will be hindered by the PeierlsNabarro frictional stress resisting dislocation glide. When the attractive stress arising from the misfit stress is reduced to the value of the frictional stress on dislocations, then this glide process will stop and a residual strain, δr, will remain in the inclusion. The 'equilibrium' misfit δ'eq of the inclusion is now a constrained equilibrium, prevented by the frictional forces from reaching the true mechanical equilibrium and hence δ'eq > δeq.
A comparison of the two values of strain is shown as a function of the size r of the inclusion in Fig. 3. The critical radius rc above which it is energetically favourable for the interface to lose coherency, i.e. when the misfit stress is equal to the line tension, is unchanged. However, the critical size at which the misfit stress on the gliding dislocation overcomes both the line tension and the frictional stress is r'c, which is greater than rc. In other words, the value of the misfit δ for which a force balance is achieved between the driving stress and the resisting forces of line tension and frictional stress is now higher than the equivalent value obtained when total energy (excluding frictional stress) is minimized. The value of d for which the force balance is achieved will be larger than that given by the minimization of energy and the asymptotic value of d will no longer be zero but a finite value δr. This situation is shown in Fig. 3, where the increased critical radius r'c is shown as well as the residual strain dr, both values being marked by dashed lines. For comparison purposes the equilibrium misfit given by energy minimization and sketched in Fig. 2 is superimposed on Fig. 3 and is denoted by a dotted line. One sees that for a given inclusion size the misfit strain is larger when frictional stress in added to the model.
Estimation of residual strain
The foregoing analytical treatment of the elastic strain present in an inclusion has been from the point of view of energy balance; however, introduction of the PeierlsNabarro frictional stress into the model is more easily acccomplished in a model based on balancing forces on dislocations. The energy or force balance approaches are equivalent in principle but differ in detail. The critical radius rc derived from an energy balance is equivalent to a balance of forces between the misfit stress attracting a pre-existing dislocation into the inclusion interface to relieve misfit, on the one hand, and the line tension of the dislocation to increase its line length, on the other hand. This argument has been used successfully in epitaxial thin films as pioneered by Matthews.911 In this model the line tension of the dislocation, Ft, is given by
where d is a cut-off radius of the dislocation strain field and C is a constant proportional to b2 and a combination of elastic constants and a geometrical factor.15 The misfit driving force on the dislocation, Fε, for thin films of thickness h is given by
where D is another constant proportional to b elastic constants and another geometrical factor.15 Equilibrium is given by the force balance
Equation (12) allows one to calculate both the critical thickness for the introduction of misfit dislocations and the equilibrium elastic strain.
Modification of this approach to include the effect of friction and barriers to dislocation motion is accomplished by adding frictional forces to that of the line tension, as has been accomplished for thin films.1318 The force balance in Equation (12) is replaced by another force balance equation, namely,
where the frictional force Ff includes the PeierlsNabarro contribution Fp and other pinning forces such as impurity atmospheres around the dislocation axis.
In an analogous manner the inclusion may be modelled by balancing forces as in Equation (13) but now taking into account the inclusion geometry, which is different from that of the thin film. The mechanism being considered here is that of a pre-existing dislocation near the inclusion being attracted to the interface by the strain e that exists in the matrix. The maximum value of this strain occurs at the interface and is given by Equation (5). The nearby dislocation can glide into the interface only on one side of the inclusion because, from Equation (9), if it circles the inclusion, it ceases to accommodate misfit on the other side as the misfit-accommodating component of the dislocation changes sign and increases the misfit rather than relieving it. The force balance for the nearby dislocation is similar to that of nucleating a half loop in thin films15 and is taken to be sufficiently represented by the situation drawn in Fig. 4.
One can see that two line tension forces now resist attraction of the dislocation to the interface because the dislocation line is bent into a 'U' shape with the bottom of the U conforming to the curve of the interface and the two arms of the U forming the line tension that opposes the force of attraction to the interface. The force balance now becomes
where the expression of the line tension is taken to have the same form as in Equation (10) but with a different value of C,15,25
where the cut-off radius is approximated as half the spacing between dislocation legs, r. The misfit force attracting the nearby dislocation is now
and the frictional force is taken as the PeierlsNabarro frictional force, Fp. This force varies with the material class but a simplified version for metals and semiconductors is
with Ui the activation energy for a particular type of dislocation, A a constant to be determined experimentally, and k and T are Boltzmann's constant and temperature, respectively.
One can use these equations to calculate the critical radius r'c by substituting Equations (1517) into Equation (14) and solving for r. The result is
While the constants C' and D have been given in the literature,15 the values of A and Ui have to be determined by experiment. In a similar manner the constrained equilibrium value of the misfit δ'eq of the inclusion in its matrix can also be calculated from Equation (14). It is expressed here as
Concluding remarks
The expressions presented here contain simplifications that allow the ideas to be seen more clearly than when more detail and exactness are included in the equations. The quantitative use of the equations to evaluate a critical radius or a residual strain requires experimental measurement of the frictional stress constants A and Ui, both of which are material specific. It is important to realize that when measurements of strain are made, one should expect that true equilibrium will not be achieved but, instead, once the critical radius has been exceeded, the system will relax the elastic strain in an inclusion by generation of misfit dislocations until the driving stress has been lowered to the frictional stresses, at which point dislocation motion will cease and further strain relaxation will not occur. This results in a value of strain that may be small or not, depending on the temperature of the material during 'equilibration'. The conclusion from this is that thick films or large inclusions cannot be used as reference crystals that have bulk lattice parameters. Furthermore, even for a free material that has not been constrained by a crystal in contact with it, there are surface stresses that can be quite large. The strain induced by a curved surface of surface stress σ will be compressed by a hydrostatic pressure P,
which may be very large for small r. In the case of an inclusion, the interfacial stress may cause pressures that exceed the misfit pressure, which is
In the model developed in this paper, the strain induced by the surface stress has been ignored but to first order it can be added to that of the misfitting inclusion.26
I thank J.H. Malherbe and his colleagues in the Department of Physics of the University of Pretoria for making my sabbatical visit to their department a pleasure.
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Received 8 August. Accepted 28 September 2008.
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ViewSonic has revealed that its VSD220 Android-enabled display is coming to stores this October.
Unveiled originally at Computex back in June, the display offers all you need for an Android experience on the big screen.
Essentially the Smart Display is an all-one post PC and ViewSonic is touting the display for its commercial opportunities as well as personal ones, calling the VSD220 the "future of connected computing".
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The VSD220 is 22 inches in size, touch enabled and Full HD. Built into the monitor is a multicore ARM OMAP 4 processor and the display comes with a whole host of connectivity.
Features include three USB slots, a micro SD card, Bluetooth, 1.3MP webcam, integrated microphone, and a Micro HDMI.
When it comes to the OS, at the moment the display is packing Android 4.0, so there's no Jelly Bean love as of yet.
The ViewSonic VSD220 Smart Display release date is mid October and it is priced at £359 / $399.


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Duke Manufacturing was the first manufacturer of the waterless hot well and has snice evolved into one of the global leaders in mass customizations. Offering energy-efficient solutions that lower operational and maintenance costs, the company offers a wide selection of Duke ovens, Duke steam tables, Duke food warmers, Duke holding cabinets, and Duke refrigerators.
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A 57-year-old Vancouver man who has languished in a vegetative state for seven years has become the focus of a tragic family tug-of-war over whether he should live or die.
His wife Lora wants medical staff to remove Kenny Ng's feeding tubes, which will cause him to starve to death over about two weeks.
His parents, siblings and relatives, however, have asked B.C. Supreme Court Justice Miriam Gropper to intervene and keep Ng alive in the hope he can benefit from recent neuroscience medical discoveries.
They argue Ng's wife should be replaced as the person making decisions about his long-term care at the George Pearson Centre, since he may qualify for pioneering treatments by celebrated brain researcher Adrian Owen.
"They believe that Dr. Owen's study is exactly what Kenny has been waiting for over the last seven years," the family's lawyer Candace Cho said. "And knowing Kenny's belief in technology and progress, they believe that Kenny would jump at the chance at participating in the study."
On Tuesday, she played for the judge a short, heart-rending video of the man in his hospital bed reflexively responding to visitors.
"The fact is, Kenny is very much alive," Cho maintained.
"He is breathing on his own, able to move his head around, make noises, open his eyes, and the only thing that the hospital is doing to keep him alive is to feed him nutrition and fluids."
Several members of Ng's family sat stoically on one side of the courtroom, his wife inscrutable on the other.
Ng was described as a former math-whiz who graduated from Sir Charles Tupper secondary. He became an electrical engineer and started his own successful business, Phase Technology, involving the design, manufacture and sale of petroleum analysers.
His predicament is reminiscent of a recent Alberta case involving a young girl the courts ordered to be taken off life-support in spite of her parents' wishes.
The judges in that province endorsed the view that life support should be terminated where medical specialists unanimously believe the patient was without awareness or hope of recovery and invasive treatment provided no potential benefit.
Lawyers for Ng's wife say that's the situation here, although the family insists otherwise.
"This is not the case of a brain-dead patient on ventilators and any type of machine imaginable to keep him alive, with absolutely no chance of recovery and a family that is holding onto his life for their own benefit and comfort," Cho said.
Lawyers for Ng's wife argued, though, that is exactly the case — loved ones who can't say goodbye making "outrageous allegations" while hoping for a miracle.
"It's an affront to (Ng's) human dignity," said lawyer David Dahlgren.
Ng suffered traumatic brain injuries on Sept. 9, 2005, during a car accident in Washington State that killed his eldest son, injured his two other children and left his wife badly hurt. Since then, he has been minimally conscious.
Over the last year, Ng's family told the court his wife has become estranged from them and no longer committed to doing what is in his best interest.
"Kenny's estate was worth approximately $3.3 million in 2006," Cho said, arguing that financial gain was a factor.
Mrs. Ng's lawyers dismissed such "offensive" claims as defying belief, given Mrs. Ng's devotion to her husband's care — she hired an expert acupuncturist and took Ng on outings to a mall and the local Home Depot to stimulate him.
She hoped he would recover but came to realize it was futile and decided to have the tubes providing food and fluid removed after Ng's care team concluded such a decision was "medically appropriate."
"We're here today, my lady, because the [family] are regrettably or sadly unable to accept the reality of Mr. Ng's condition," lawyer Gary Fraser said.
"They cannot let go of Mr. Ng for their own personal reasons …. They simply can't let go."
Shortly after the horrific accident, Fraser explained, doctors said it would be appropriate to remove Ng's feeding tubes.
Lora Ng didn't act on that advice but waited to see if her husband improved. She made the decision to remove the tubes "after wrestling with it for almost seven years," Fraser added.
"It wasn't made in haste, it wasn't rushed."
But the family insisted letting Ng die would be wrong given the startling work in neuro-imaging by Dr. Owen, which proves some patients suffering from locked-in syndrome, or who have lain in vegetative states for years, may be more conscious than we realize.
In 2010, Owen, then at the University of Cambridge, UK, communicated with a man who had been in a coma for five years.
A year later, the University of Western Ontario lured him to Canada with $20 million in funding.
"Since arriving," the doctor said in a report filed with the court, "we have seen 12 patients in Ontario (and one from Alberta) and, of these, two are able to communicate repeatedly using our (functional) MRI technique. In one case (a male traumatic brain injury patient who had been repeatedly diagnosed as vegetative for 12 years), we were able to ask the question 'are you in any pain?' and twice decoded the answer 'no' using our technique."
The doctor continued: "I have not examined Mr. Ng, so I cannot judge whether he would be suitable for inclusion or not, but considering his clinical diagnosis (minimally conscious state), his age, and the nature of his injury I see no reason why he would not be an ideal candidate, subject to an assurance from his referring clinician that he would be safe to travel the distance."
If the court intercedes, the family said it hopes to have Ng assessed by Owen's team to see if he can be admitted into a new research study involving the groundbreaking techniques.
Lawyer Dahlgren said the court has no reason to step in: "Mr. Ng does not need protection in these circumstances."
Justice Gropper reserved her decision.


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Juve expects big data to completely transform the way most organizations provide customer service, namely, through the use of predictive analytics and "smart" service solutions that allow them to better understand and interact with their customers.
In a blog post, Juve outlined some of the ways big data is already enabling this change; one [24]7 client, for instance, uses big data to track customer activity on its website. Analytical software allows the customer service team to "know" what a customer is trying to buy, and if that product is available on the site. Using this information, the service team knows to ping only customers that are struggling to find a product on the site -- and to leave the others unbothered.


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February 26, 2015
Western Washington Real Estate Market Update
Posted in Market News by Matthew Gardner, Chief Economist, Windermere Real Estate
2014 was a pretty good year for the 15 counties covered in this report. In total, Western Washington added 65,710 jobs in 2014, up from the annual rate of 62,520 through the third quarter, which is a growth rate of 2.9 percent. For comparison purposes, the state as a whole grew by 2.7 percent and employment nationwide rose by 1.9 percent.
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February 25, 2015
Windermere Foundation 2014 Year in Review
Posted in Windermere Foundation by Christine Wood
This past year, the Windermere Foundation had a milestone anniversary, celebrating 25 years of supporting programs and organizations that provide shelter, clothing, children's programs, emergency assistance, and other services to low-income and homeless families.
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February 19, 2015
Your Favorite Space Could Win You $500 From Porch.com
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Last week we launched our #OdeToMyAbode photo contest and the pics of people's favorite rooms and spaces are really quite inspiring. There's still time for you to post a photo of your favorite space for a chance to win $500 in home improvement services from Porch.com. Just go here: bit.ly/1uVaVIB, or post it to Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #OdeToMyAbode, by Friday, February 27.
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February Perspectives
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If you're in the market to buy or sell a home, or you're just a real estate junkie at heart, you may have heard the term "months supply" used by real estate agents or the media when discussing the housing market.
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Purdue 66, N.C.-Wilmington 40
BY foxsports • November 21, 2012
Terone Johnson scored 19 points, including three 3-pointers, to help Purdue beat UNC Wilmington 66-40 on Wednesday night.
DJ Byrd and Travis Carroll each scored 10 points for the Boilermakers, who snapped a two-game skid.
Keith Rendleman had 14 points and seven rebounds for the Seahawks (1-3), who have lost three straight.
Terone Johnson, who scored 10 points in the first half, hit a 3-pointer at the end of the half to give Purdue a 29-28 lead at halftime.
The Boilermakers (2-3), who held the Seahawks to just 12 points in the second half, went on an 18-3 run to start the second and took a 42-30 lead capped off with a 3-pointer by Terone Johnson with 9:59 left to play.
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Portuguese Bread recipe search
Hi there,
I'm hoping someone can help me find a recipe for a bread I know as Porguguese Bread. I've serched for it and I'll I've found is recipes for Portuguese Sweet Bread.
The bread I had was white bread that had a hard bottom with a chewy crust and was usually a free form loaf. The bread itself was similar in texture and moisture to rye bread. I had it in northern New Jersey, but I was just discussing it with my roommate who also ate it in Philidelphia.
Does anyone know what I'm describing and can maybe point me in a direction of a recipe? Maybe this bread has another name?
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Illinois Seeks to Reduce Prison Overcrowding
Illinois lawmakers are once again debating a bill that could help ease the state's bursting prison population at a time when there are plans to close several correctional facilities.
But it may take some work to convince Gov. Pat Quinn to go along with the plan in reintroducing a program that he suspended two years ago due to problems surrounding it.
In 2010 Quinn put on hold the state's Meritorious Good Time program (MGT) which reduced the sentences for inmates considered non-violent. Quinn pulled it after he learned that more than 1,000 inmates did not serve the required minimum of 60 days and committed more crimes once back on the streets.
But some saw it as an election year political move.
Since that time, more than 4,000 inmates have been added to the ranks, pushing Illinois' total prison population to 49,000. The state's prison system is designed to handle a mere 33,700.
Some lawmakers and prison advocates are pushing Quinn to reinstate the MGT program to ease overcrowding and making unhealthy living conditions even worse.
"The decision to suspend Meritorious Good Time was the result of an election cycle political firestorm. Good time credits became widely and inaccurately described ... became the ammunition for political attacks between Illinois candidates and branches of government in 2009 and 2010," Malcolm Young, director of prison re-entry strategies at Northwestern University law school's Bluhm Legal Clinic, told an Illinois House Criminal Law Committee meeting in downtown Chicago on Wednesday.
Young supports passage of House Bill 3899 that would reinstate MGT. Chicago Democratic State Rep. Arthur Turner introduced the bill.
"It provides a reasoned, manageable, beneficial framework or approach to the challenge of implementing the good conduct program. It's an approach that would alleviate today's prison crowding crisis and accomplish other public policy goals," Young said.
Quinn's deputy chief of staff, Toni Irving, told the House committee that the old MGT law is no longer valid.
"The statute is outdated and at the time the statute was created, certain offenses that we now consider violent, i.e. DUI, can't be excluded," Irving said. "So, MGT as it currently exists isn't really a sound policy. It would require something brand new."
Irving added that Quinn is reviewing a similar bill introduced in the state Senate (SB2621) but is so far uncommitted to supporting it.
"We are certainly interested in working with the Legislature in making sure that we have a collaborative effort. I think it's super important that the legislature be very involved in this process since it's the legislature also determines the budget for the Department of Corrections and often times these things are linked to programs that are then defunded in the process," Irving said. "There has to be a connection between those two."
The push for early release of certain prisoners will grow if Quinn's plans to shut as many as 14 state juvenile prisons, several adult transition centers and a super max prison to save money as the state addresses budget issues.
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White House executive pastry chef Bill Yosses is throwing in the cookies and cream for a more healthful job in New York thanks to First Lady Michelle Obama's green tooth. Apparently, Michelle's obsession with the White House garden rubbed off on him. In 2009, Michelle directed the pastry chef to make healthier desserts. Who knew there was such a thing? I thought the whole point of desserts is to enjoy a tasty decadent treat.
The openly gay chef, who was first hired by Republican First Lady Laura Bush in 2007, (so much for Republicans hating gays), began substituting honey and fruit puree for sugar and butter as his new boss requested. Yosses told the New York Times cooking this way inspired him to pursue a food literacy program for kids. In June, the pastry chef will move to New York where his husband lives.
Yet parting is such sweet sorrow. Yosses lamented, "I don't want to demonize cream, butter, sugar and eggs." But his boss lady does.
All of America knows by now Michelle Obama prefers the Jolly Green Giant dancing in our heads instead of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Her Let's Move anti-childhood obesity campaign, a good initiative, morphed into a war on food that taste good rather than portion control with exercise. Fearing more regulation, companies like Dannon, Subway and Darden Restaurants pledged to partner with Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign, reducing the fat, sugar, and salt in their foods.
It's rare for first ladies to wade into policy. But Michelle Obama is sneaking in her attack on the food industry under the auspices of her Let's Move campaign. In February, the first lady joined the Food and Drug Administration to propose changes to nutrition labels on packaged food, which will be finalized later this year. Never mind the fact that studies show consumers ignore nutrition labels and calorie counts for food choices listed prominently on menus.
What's missing from the First Lady's initiative is common sense and personal responsibility. When people are incentivized to eat healthy, they do. Many corporations offer wellness programs which reward employees with lower premiums for maintaining good health. Mrs. Obama should encourage these programs. More regulations on the food industry aren't needed.
She also should have encouraged her husband, President Barack Obama, and Democrats to first tackle healthcare reform by pushing insurance companies to charge weighted premiums where healthier people, regardless of age, pay lower rates for healthcare in exchange for choosing to lead healthy lives. Rather than pushing for the federal government to dictate what food we buy for ourselves or our children, Michelle Obama should add portion control awareness to her initiative because eating too much of a good thing whether boiled potatoes or a mountain of plain rice can make you fat too.
This brings us back to Let's Move, where Michelle Obama has put a much needed focus on the food served in US public schools, which is generally garbage. If the federal government is going to stay in the business of funding the National School Lunch Program to the tune of billions of dollars, I agree with the First Lady-- the government should demand schools serve kids healthier choices.
I'd recommend that Michelle Obama advocate that the US follow the French way, a balanced diet, using fresh food, portion control--dessert included. Not only does France feed kids healthier food for less than America does, but it also teaches kids to enjoy a variety of food that's good for them where cookies and fresh vegetables live on the same plate in moderation.